The Man Who Cheated Death by Hiding Inside a Cooler for 400 Days

[@RedCyberLizzie]

Imagine having to live on a boat and nearly die multiple times and have the only other person with you die halfway through and then when you come back to society and everyone calls you a liar and people try to sue you.

[@skjelm6363]

Humans are not kind. They tear you apart if they get a chance.

[@dalhousieDream]

@@skjelm6363 Not true. Mostly anyways. 🌻

[@AudioReplica2023]

Money , the root of all evil

[@zechariahzen.6364]

Quite the lesson in poise lol

[@skjelm6363]

@@dalhousieDream just give them the chance

[@AtarahDerek]

Here's a tip if you're lost at sea without water: Watch where the turtles and snakes are coming to the surface. They come up to breathe, but also to drink. If you can observe them drinking or otherwise lingering at the surface for longer than it takes to replenish their breath, taste the water. Freshwater is less dense than saltwater, and pools of freshwater will form on the ocean's surface after rain. This freshwater is how air breathing marine animals stay hydrated, especially during migrations or periods when they don't eat. If you confirm that the turtle is drinking freshwater, drink your fill and catch whatever you can in any container you've got. This is how the Polynesians survived extensive voyages across the sea whenever they ran out of coconut water or had too much of it (excess coconut water throws off your body's electrolytes).

[@tomewifecollector9608]

Woah that's really neat. Thanks for sharing

[@ethanxillasaurus2572]

@@tomewifecollector9608yeah

[@nontrashfire2]

What's it like on the "sun shine" bus? Do the windows taste like your breath?

[@simonphoenix3789]

Turtles can drink salt water, like a lot of animals that live in the ocean. They have a gland that helps them secrete the excess salt. As for pools of saltwater forming on top of seawater... that doesn't make any sense. salt is highly soluble, and salt water and fresh water would mix in an instant. how would fresh water sit on top of seawater without mixing with it? You do get some differences in salt content depending on the depth and temperature, with especially salty brine descending down in some places, but the water on top is still too salty to drink without dehydrating yourself.

[@AtarahDerek]

@simonphoenix3789 I never said the freshwater pools last forever. Just that they occur. So unless you'd like to explain to herpetologists and marine biologists the actual reason sea snakes can't swim around the horn of Africa, where it's too dry for freshwater to pool on saltwater, just accept the explanation I am passing along from the herpetologists and marine biologists.

[@ChazzleDazzleVideos]

One of my friends' grandfathers was a tongan fisherman. He was at sea for over 100 days drifting and apperently it was the fish eyes that was his saving grace to get liquids. I couldn't imagine living through what he did. Same with this story.

[@UltimEVB]

Are u fr?

[@ChazzleDazzleVideos]

@UltimEVB yeah he was in a shipwreck and survived on a part of the ship he was able to get on that kept afloat. It's very similar to this story although less time at sea still amazing to survive for a third of a year at sea on planks of wood pretty much.

[@bensoncheung2801]

111 👍

[@Xp366]

@@ChazzleDazzleVideosI’m interested. Are there any news articles about this?

[@vanesslifeygo]

they weren't salty?

[@Sixu83]

So I was a Worldteach Volunteer in the Marshall Islands at the time this happened. Probably one of the most amazing experiences of my life, and this happening was just incredible. He washed up on probably the most remote atoll in the group, and of course the plane that served that atoll was not working so they had to put him on another boat. Poor guy. Eventually he arrived in Majuro. One of our Worldteach volunteers spoke fluent Spanish, nice chap, Sean from Texas. As no one else on Majuro could speak Spanish. So me, the field director of worldteach, sean and other members of the RMI government were there and took Jose to the hospital. He had a lot of water retention and looked rough...at the time we had no idea how long he had been at sea. We learned more via Sean and it was jaw dropping. They put Jose up at the RMI Resort, sorta near Delap, at the eastern part of Majuro, and i remember Jose not even being able to look at the sea and had the curtains closed all the time. I recall how the world press were flying in for rheir pound of flesh story and how us yeacher volunteers were escorting him away from the press because understandably all Jose wanted to do was to speak and see hos family. It was an incredible time of my life and i wont ever forget it.

[@davidwalker8778]

That’s so amazing

[@laurencipolla7340]

Thank you so much for sharing this

[@psieonic]

That's incredible, thankyou for the additional perspective! Of course the media turned it into a circus but never stopped to really help. 😢

[@ReapingTheHarvest]

Homie probably moved to the mountains far away from any sea

[@fieldysnuts3065]

That is wild man

[@troygarfieldtravels]

Lesson is, even when in distress and beat down, The State will punish you.

[@monad_tcp]

imagine the audacity of trying to sell hope. The State doesn't approve of any hope.

[@dunnowy123]

So you don't expect them to verify his story? And he wasn't sued by the state, he was sued by a person

[@dunnowy123]

​@@monad_tcpYeah, well you can trust but verify. Anyone could randomly show up on a beach and claim to have been lost at sea for over a year right?

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

This story is such exaggerated BOOLSHIT at worst fraudulent. Anyone who believes this story still believes in Santa Claus and the Easterbunny.

[@TheJadeFist]

The family of the other guy is reasonably within their rights to demand and seek some kind of justice here.

[@raisinbrancerealofficial]

My optometrist said that if you're stranded in nature with no good water source, you should drink the liquid found inside of eyeballs (preferably from an animal rather than your own)

[@StaticIsJustOkAtGames]

that sounds horrible, but id believe it since eyes are orbs of jelly, and jelly is really good at storing water.

[@orlagskapten9829]

It makes sense. Eyeballs have a separate immune system from the body so even if the animal is infected there is a decent chance that the eye is fine if it looks good.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

That reminds me of when I learned that desert lizards survived by obtaining water from the beetles that they ate. Nature really does provide creative solutions to different problems as long as we pay attention enough

[@Crawfishness]

Why is your optometrist giving you survival advice?

[@Purriah]

@@CrawfishnessI think he eats eyeballs man

[@dougstrother5184]

Sorry if this is too morbid I don’t understand why people are so judgmental about cannibalism in severe emergencies like this. Like I wouldn’t be happy about someone I love being eaten, but if they were already dead and it meant that other people got to live I wouldn’t judge the person who ate them

[@rapistincel]

So you eat people ok got it

[@mikatu]

People are not supposed to eat other people. Even the guys in the Andes had to resort to cannibalism and had a hard time. Don't assume eating a human is like eating a cow or a pig.

[@dougstrother5184]

@@mikatu exactly, it’s not like they WANTED to eat a person. In fact it’s probably traumatizing to do so

[@Biggl]

Imagine knowing for sure you're dying first and for hours looking at the other fellow, knowing they're going to feast on your corpse. We're not bugs, it'd be perfectly fine to ask them not to consume you.

[@txgal6855]

But the ocean and its predators are certainly going to consume you!

[@Panda-cute]

If I died in a survival situation like that I would actually want the others to eat me. Let my body have a purpose and keep others alive if Im no longer using it.

[@dying101666]

Same here

[@Panda-cute]

@@dying101666 I can understand if someone doesn’t want their body to be eaten but like… if im already gone the others might as well not go down with me.

[@Doobie603]

@@Panda-cute There have been some tribes and cultures that believed in eating their loved ones after death to honor them and to "keep them part of the tribe"

[@cpt.mystic_stirling]

As long as people have the strength to fight their traumas, it’s still up to them to live on

[@TheTacticalHaggis]

Your dad eats your most nights so I doubt they'll be anything left.

[@pineapplepotato6985]

Unbelievable how most people’s first reaction to him coming home after suffering for a whole year is “I don’t believe you🖕😡”

[@HaotoAnimeOnPiano]

Humans are antagonistic.

[@Infamous-cause]

Just like Jesus. People will believe what best interests them not what is.

[@spammus1]

@@Infamous-cause There is a key difference between the two, the bible is a fairy tail, this man's story is real and has been proved to be real.

[@Purgeous]

Always that one guy that wants to make fun of someone's beliefs lmao​@@spammus1

[@ookuroku670]

It's necessary, the moment you believe people with no proof they'll take advantage of you.

[@akumuryuu]

Can you even sue someone even if he did cannibalize the other one? In normal society, that is a crime, yes. But in an intense survival situation, is it still?

[@dalhousieDream]

It shouldn't be!!

[@phantom0456]

If the individual who ultimately ends up being cannibalized dies naturally, then no, it should not be considered a crime. If they’re ended purposely, then of course it should be. The same rules that apply in a polite society do not apply in an extreme survival situation, but human beings still shouldn’t end the lives of other humans.

[@RedVRCC]

Not to mention that it arguably happened in international waters, depending on how far they drifted.

[@andiralosh2173]

Yeah that part was really missing. Why were they accusing him? Did he have a million dollars somehow?? Too many unknowns

[@takingitupto12next]

No, actually it is perfectly legal if and *only* if it is the *only* option.

[@BeanDaddyJr]

"Hot take, there's too much ocean" has got to be one of the best brew quotes of all time 😂

[@TheRainmustFall7]

It’s definitely one of the quotes

[@hermeticxhaote4723]

​@TheRainmustFall7 out of all the quotes possible, it sure is one of them.

[@somethingsomething404]

@@hermeticxhaote4723words were definitely employed in an order meant to convey a message.

[@onesingularjosh3103]

Team Magma in a nutshell

[@Mario583a]

IGN: Too much water

[@mastervex5698]

Pro fisherman: "I don't need oars nor a flare gun. What is the worse that can happen."

[@Fred-z3l]

Pro fisherman: I can't figure out how to put a pull string on my outboard .

[@shawnritchie6666]

@@Fred-z3l i know right, but some of those recoils are absolutely impossible without tools.

[@LikaLaruku]

I think it's selfish to not let your friend eat you to stay alive, especially when the insects, birds, & fish will devour you anyway.

[@Purriah]

Yeah but clearly they weren’t thinking clearly by that point

[@TeamHermes39]

I also think it’s very selfish, but as someone who grew up Christian, I may know where he was coming from, some Christians think that Jesus can’t bring you back during the rapture or something like (I never paid too much attention to it. I always thought It was ridiculous considering how bodies decompose anyways) that if you are cremated or your body is similarly destroyed. how his body being eaten by fish is any better I don’t know but that’s probably one of the reasons why I’m not in that community anymore, I just can’t understand their thought process.

[@kimberlyrichardson5943]

​​@@TeamHermes39grew up Christian and heard the same thing about cremation. I pointed out that God formed the entire universe, the Earth, the plants and animals, then man from the dust of the Earth and they were all being ridiculous to believe it was beyond his capabilities to reform a person from their ashes

[@trwygon]

Disagree

[@masticloxpoker1006]

@@trwygon Στην πούτσα μας

[@95_Nepentheses]

Great episode, but I gotta nitpick about how the detail of him passing a polygraph test was framed. Polygraph testing is pseudoscience, and should *always* be presented as such.

[@EEsmalls]

Yeah, they're not even admissible in a court case because of this.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

It has gotten to the point where it's 2024 and I really don't think Polygraphs should still be used. Our tech & understanding has advanced enough that Polygraphs should go extinct. I really sometimes think they only stay around because officials like to utilize it in combination with their interrogation process. Maybe to see if they can apply pressure on their suspects they suspect the most and they hope it could maybe get them to talk.. that's just my opinion

[@95_Nepentheses]

@@benmcreynolds8581 they absolutely use it in a predatory way

[@bearsbeetsbattlestargalactica6]

Exactly. How would one not have a visceral reaction to being questioned about such a traumatizing experience

[@95_Nepentheses]

@@l3176l or coerce a false one. That's not uncommon

[@RobotDCLXVI]

Journalists did more to vet this guy's story than literally anything happening in the U.S.

[@BeanCasserole-wg7wu]

That's what I was thinking, media outlets have never cared whether or not their news was true before, why was this so different.

[@derekacevedo2711]

Cause it wasn't a story or narrative they created or were told to follow

[@zanultimazan]

i was thinking the same. usually there is no effort to verify anything if there is some kind of political gain. but since this one has no politics involved, people are more willing to investigate

[@phantom0456]

Poor Jose didn’t even have a Wilson on the boat with him once Ezekiel was gone…

[@NotSoNormal1987]

And he left his swiss army man in the ocean

[@Ice_elite]

couldve had ezekiels skull

[@kenirainseeker539]

"How a man survived" 2 men are stranded Welp, I already know it doesn't end well for one of them...

[@Thedarkbunnyrabbit]

he also mentioned 'the only person he'd seen alive in x'

[@Folami-Marijani]

Wow you must be a real big boy if you were able to piece that together all by yourself

[@deafshark9932]

​@@Folami-Marijani🤡🤡🤡

[@LucidLuci666]

That's insane 400 days who is that keen to live I'd be tapping out after a few days.

[@mappingshaman5280]

13:31 that's why he didn't

[@CASA-dy4vs]

I’d just give up and dive into the ocean and breathe in as much water as possible while swimming down

[@BeanCasserole-wg7wu]

He had family, I think that's what kept him going.

[@kyngpapi]

@@CASA-dy4vsyeah man people don’t realize how this survival story is one of one

[@K8_4life]

Seriously?? What's more important than life!

[@SafaiaFureia]

Not necessarily applicable here but good general advice... always run two motors even if one is just 5 horsepower. Why? Because if the big one goes boom the Lil one can still get you home

[@wafflemonkey8083]

I really thought you were gonna end that differently: "Because if the big one goes boom, the lil one can still go vroom" 😂

[@SafaiaFureia]

@@wafflemonkey8083 I love your ending soooo much more!

[@giovanniparaizo6554]

Also, don't dump your fuel like they did

[@connorriley7511]

5hp isn’t getting you home in the ocean

[@kimberlyrichardson5943]

Yep, my dad fishes often on the river, always keeps the little motor at the front in good working order even though he only uses it occasionally to navigate through small offshoots of the river (something he could easily do with his paddles). He says it's best to have a plan A, B, and C

[@jessigraphiel9048]

Even if he ate the other person, no reason to sue. Like this is such an extreme situation... I would just be like "it's okay, mate".

[@StaticIsJustOkAtGames]

bro just wanted to do some fishing and then had to fight the hardest fight to ever blight a man.

[@ikonic_artworks]

dude was anticipating a day on easy mode, but nature decided to set him on super extreme difficulty mode

[@masamune2984]

Point Nemo is so far from any civilization, that you are actually technically closer to the astronauts on the space station than any land-based human-beings on earth at that point.

[@dabest444u]

Yup!

[@MengusDew]

It boiled my blood hearing that the family of his dead friend tried to sue him after all that he went through. Unruly people. They are evil.

[@shinigamiinochi]

They are not evil, theyre grieving. They lost their son and the only one who could tell them why was the one who potentially benefitted most from his death. There's no evidence of what happened to him or if he was cannibalized, so while I think suing him was misstep, I understand why they were suspicious. His story is also highly dubious, so I can't blame them

[@jiranchhetri8863]

@@shinigamiinochi when emotion takes over logic ong.

[@MengusDew]

@@shinigamiinochi "benifitted"? Really. Imma put the in the most sincere way possible: You put yourself in ANYONE else's shoes, entirely, BEFORE you engage with them., That INCLUDES the understanding of them doing the same. Now, get my point? Nothing says grieving like forcefully taking money from somebody that was stranded at sea for a year.

[@maxwellbarnhart1375]

​@@MengusDew yeah you have sooo much empathy. You did such a good job of putting yourself in the shoes of that dead boys family. But here in reality - away from your overly-emotional essentialism - you haven't exhibited a single consideration for anything *they* went through. If you had, you wouldn't be calling them "evil," which is a word completely devoid of nuance. Plus, you're rude. So yeah. Complete hypocrite. Embarrassing.

[@TheMelnTeam]

@@shinigamiinochi Given the evidence available, I don't buy grief as sole motivation. We'll never know for sure what happened each day the guy was at sea, but the facts that can be confirmed all point to suing the guy as a malicious act. I don't care how sad you are.

[@God........]

Imagine how it must have felt after being in constant motion for over a year straight😮

[@DeShawnTheKing]

I'm surprised he survived that long without resources. Thanks for the story, Brew. They never fail to surprise me.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Xyascrazyworld]

Me too! And brew is amazing!

[@yeeshatraveller]

He wrote a book, 438 days breathtaking, Incredible story

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Fiction are typically good stories.

[@yeeshatraveller]

@@ItIsYouAreNotYour it's not fiction

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

@@yeeshatraveller It is. 100% fiction.

[@masticloxpoker1006]

@@ItIsYouAreNotYour Weird way to tell the internet that your parents are siblings.

[@Marshall1q.]

​@@ItIsYouAreNotYouryour funny

[@dimosXD]

Dude took the Jojo references to an extreme.

[@v0_yage]

Bro might be Dio

[@honey_kawaii]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS

[@Conductor-C]

Dio just couldn't resist

[@RealInfinity10]

Bros got Za Warydo now💀

[@Skibidi-kakarot]

At least I wasn't the only one who realized this

[@ZeoViolet]

Cannibalism is a pretty awful topic to discuss, but history has shown a general forgiveness for eating another person, provided that the person died of natural causes and there was no other choice for survival. For the 1972 crash, the survivors were told by their religious officials they had committed no sin before God, because they had not murdered anyone. There are many cases historically of people resorting to survival cannibalism and being forgiven for it.

[@bur_n_t]

yeah, it should absolutely be fine. definitely can understand why the guy would ask not to be eaten though

[@KingofSwing1]

Can you forgive yourself tho?

[@chozer1]

If you wacthed the video you would know he did not resort to cannibalism

[@ContentEnjoyer-gm3ky]

The Soviet Union would beg to differ.

[@ZeoViolet]

@@ContentEnjoyer-gm3ky That was, shall we say, a tad different.

[@Name-ot3xw]

Imagine spending a year of not seeing something, but then suddenly you see something

[@johngetbent]

There is a podcast called "Marooned" that tells "Tales of the Catastrophically Lost". They covered this one in a pretty early episode. I would recommend it to anyone who likes stories like this.

[@melissahilsenrath1343]

That's just like the Robertson family who was surrounded by killer whales and they were forced to abandon their yacht and had to spend 38 days in the Pacific Ocean, also my mom read the book about that event and she was amazed by how the family survived after 38 days in the Pacific Ocean

[@StaticIsJustOkAtGames]

i forget that orcas have the nickname "killer whale" alot.

[@thesoutherncowgirlpoet]

Also Robin Williams was with them.

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Because it's fradulent and hearsay. If you believe this I got a bridge to sell you and it's in my toilet.

[@apelincoln1616]

It's just like this story if you times their ordeal by 10

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Just so you all know, this story is fabricated HORSE shyt. It takes simple logic to understand this dude is a fraud.

[@nyanya2757]

Honestly, I don't know what worse, seeing people pass you by because they can't see you when you're trapped alone or just not seeing anyone while trapped alone.

[@CodyHomes]

I'd give him 500 grand and sue anyone suing him.

[@aseelbakheet5556]

Please reach out to him if you can

[@CodyHomes]

I'm not sure how to contact him. It would take a while to get my team together and get my large amount of back pay. I'd probably have to sue my boss while I'm at it.

[@gtijason7853]

@@CodyHomes Sounds like you have an amazing story to tell !

[@CodyHomes]

Yep, I sure do.

[@uts4448]

Im from Micronesia. There are islands in this part of the world that still know navigation using the stars. In March 2020, there was a boy (Melson Dillipy) from an island called Polowat (one of the islands that still practice navigation) who got lost at sea while fishing. I think he was around 10. Anyways, he drifted all the way to General Santos, Philippines. (1600 miles away.) Also because the pandemic just started, Micronesia was closed so nobody could enter the country, so the boy had to stay in the Philippines for a few months. He was found by a Filipino fishing boat and they were wondering what a little boy was doing out there by himself. They didn't realize he BEEN out there for a while lol

[@fantasystaplesuwu1554]

"The familiar feeling of 4 walls pressing against you" I'm sorry, but no, that is not a familiar feeling...

[@ScooterZuuker]

LOL

[@staomruel]

He was narrating from the perspective of the subject.

[@bur_n_t]

it can be with the help of a cooler

[@Headleystakeoneverything]

😂

[@Plaegu]

That doesn’t seem fun…

[@rvfiasco]

Nope, not one bit!

[@ItzTerraYT]

Wait really? Thank God you said something I was about to go buy a cooler and dive in the ocean for 400 days, now I know it's not fun!

[@UltimEVB]

Introvert’s dream…

[@averageidiot1612]

Nah, clearly that was fun.

[@Walmartbag199]

Feel unfunny inc

[@Kipu2021]

"Hot take? Too much ocean" Was this line written by a Groudon?

[@enas_one]

Nope, he is actually quoting Team Magma's boss Maxie.

[@BeanCasserole-wg7wu]

lol nice

[@korneliusfrik9545]

and that's why these radio things always have these small solar panels like calculators. already seen one

[@andiralosh2173]

Dumping 500 pounds of catch only to be eating sea birds and random things, oof

[@key2dastreetstv]

Just had to tell u I simply love the name andira..Is that your real name?

[@TheMelnTeam]

Hindsight is 20/20, but I think going back a little further and having tools to prevent going adrift across the ocean at all would be preferred in hindsight. The skill to catch more was incredible.

[@CallumCarmicheal]

You never know maybe that action is what actually allowed them to stop the capsize. Sure they suffered for it but what of the alternative of going into a storm with no life vest and capsized sinking boat.

[@t.y593]

How would they have known how the situation would end up...they were trying to save their lives

[@andiralosh2173]

@@t.y593 they wouldn't. That's a part of the tragedy

[@dunnowy123]

The vastness of the Pacific Ocean gives me anxiety . Nope. Nope NOPE

[@pauls4704]

He has nothing to prove to anyone

[@satinfoil]

25:43 Imagine someone got back from a living nightmare, lost at sea for more than a year, and what you choose to do is sue them for $1M.

[@Blackfromstickworld]

That's 100% what humans would do

[@astromache]

Bro was literally Dio Brando

[@AngelCakez]

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY~

[@Stuffiscool-]

Bouta have to wait 100 years

[@CrimsonHybrid]

Land, right there, but alas a storm blew them away and farther from shore. It's like a real-life Odyssey, and also very unfortunate.

[@amberspringer4740]

Forgot how much I loved learning from Brew's videos!

[@nordicpink]

Thanks for not advertising within the video.

[@Cuprite1024]

"Hot take, there's too much ocean." Brew is part of Team Magma, apparently.

[@grayantihero6059]

For an incident that happened in 2012, this video made it look like it happened in the 1960s

[@talonsclaw9058]

TLDR: So called expert fisherman goes deep at sea with barely any backup or emergency equipment, gets lost at sea due to a storm leading to the death of his inexperienced recent hire on fishing companion.

[@RoyBeatty]

You did this whole video just for the pun at 5:25 didn’t you 🧐

[@peterthompsoncomedy]

Came here to say something the moment I heard it hahaha

[@MillieBlackRose]

Bro took a kid out to sea without any of the usual necessities. Idk how I feel about this.

[@KozyKpop]

Exactly

[@DrewDragoon]

"""kid""" that kid was 23 years old which is a legal adult. They were both idiots don't put it on just the one guy

[@MillieBlackRose]

@@DrewDragoon he was a young adult not experienced like the other man who should have known better.

[@Darko4-c]

This video was more horrifying than every horror stuff i have seen ever. I was not ready for this. I felt terrified throughout whole video and cried when he survived.

[@Makkushimu]

I'm sorry but holy moly the arrogance to not take any of the standard equipment or tools with you over 100 km into the ocean...

[@mattl3023]

This was such a fascinating story, Brew, that I downloaded the book on Kindle. The book is really good. It must have sold more than 2000 copies. I recommend it. Anyway, I hope your video drums up some extra sales.

[@twocvbloke]

I think I probably would have just lost my marbles and ended it all if I were in that situation, but then, I'm not a fisherman and barely have any experience with the sea aside from a quick paddle on a cold, north sea coast beach...

[@Pomoriee]

When I learned they were in the pacific and not the Atlantic, it makes this man’s survival all the more impressive

[@secondbeamship]

0:16 Literally me.

[@juanpablo4831]

Go out side not something to be proud of

[@STDynamite8008]

​@@juanpablo4831 I ship it :3

[@ukii261]

sarcasm exists and judging by your aggression you arent off better. had a good laugh@@juanpablo4831

[@KryptiksFN]

@@juanpablo4831joke ➡️ 👦

[@thebuilder3902]

We know.

[@TheLithp]

I hope I will live to see the day when people stop mentioning polygraph results like they matter in any way.

[@WastedTalent83]

Just a stupid question . Would filtering water through clothes multiple times, lower the salt concentration at least enough to make it passable?

[@Mr.Dobalina113]

No. The salt is dissolved so the sodium chloride molecules are much smaller than the holes in any material used for clothing.

[@EricN73158]

So um note to self, always have oars if going on water. Got it.

[@vickythefist7062]

Doubt you could row 1000 miles against current . Maybe a sail for your boat would be better 😂

[@EricN73158]

@@vickythefist7062 yeah but could row to a ship that maybe passing by so they can see you easier. Also I said water so I could be maybe talking about a lake. I get stuck on an island that maybe in a lake, I ran out of gas somehow. Sure I could just swim to the other side but hey why not just use oars. What if I was not fit enough to swim that lake the oars make it so i can go as far as I can go then just take a break mid way. But yes I don't think oars will of saved them BUT maybe it could have. IDK Maybe just be Be Prepared for things better.

[@Purriah]

@@EricN73158just don’t throw your gasoline overboard if the engine breaks and have a repair kit secured lol

[@bur_n_t]

also as easy as bringing oars (you should bring both, no limit needed on safety) is a second motor, even if its just, like, the weakest piece of garbage that counts. it doesn't have to be fast, its just gotta get you home

[@EricN73158]

@@bur_n_t 200 iq

[@BorcishHorde]

Thanks brew for the cheery bed time story. You the best.

[@dat_asian_dude]

Fun fact about Point Nemo. If you were stranded out there, the closest help you could receive for up to 3 hours a day, and also the closest humans to you would be the astronauts from the ISS

[@noelhutchins7366]

Their outboard-motor's snapped pull-cord could've be fixed in minutes without the aid of tools.

[@kurtronqx7135]

I mean, if you pull the cord so many times because the engine won't start that it snaps, fixing the cord is the least of your problems

[@hisnamewasSam]

A skiff? On a deep sea fishing trip? These guys were real desperados to attempt to pull that off.

[@Herowebcomics]

Wow! Remember to bring flairs and food on fishing trips like those!

[@swiss216cle]

No way José 😅 I see what you did there 5:24

[@KazooieX1]

he cant be that experienced of a fisherman. ALWAYS bring another pull cord with you this happens to often.

[@nancycowell-miller4321]

Wow. Amazing story. I'm glad you are keeping it alive.

[@Andy246.]

They did actually made a movie about this in 2019, called 438 days. Directed by Jesper Ganslandt.

[@TreeFlob]

The one can of soda at the bottom of the cooler nobody drank:

[@katiebaker5662]

Is was RC cola

[@FXFBS540]

​@@katiebaker5662 RC is great.

[@pasmomoonde6077]

Stuck at sea for a year plus😮 that's horrific

[@Kelnx]

How is it possible that no movie studio wants to make a movie about this?

[@iGizmoTech]

Cause it's a spanish man not a white man

[@eeen4119]

@@iGizmoTechspanish men are white

[@ebk.osama0519]

And that bit has been done to death

[@jamesmx7]

​@@iGizmoTechoh yes we've never heard a story about anyone other than a white man triumphing have we? Not literally thousands of films showcasing ethnic heroism. Curb your racism fool, quit playing the victim

[@karlsparx9077]

The book sold extremely poorly. That reflects on the movie studies projection of a successful movie. No interest, no interest in a future movie

[@davidwilliams7552]

No oars, no anchor or sail, just hopeful reliance on an outboard motor..... disaster waiting to happen.

[@SeptemberMeadows]

Everything he states about loneliness is what happens to me being around people. I am always alone as I can be but never lonely.

[@iGizmoTech]

'tism

[@quentenandazola2911]

It turns out that Dio was not actually dead

[@luisdelgado4882]

There are lots of similar stories of people from the Dominican Republic migrating in boats to Puerto Rico. This are not a regular boat... They build them in the woods to avoid getting cover blown .... Some make it... Alot of them don't. Pretty sad but they're true stories

[@user-it2kq4ty9q]

cubans do this too to go to the usa

[@johnbillings5260]

Desalination kits should be on such vessels.

[@bearsbeetsbattlestargalactica6]

While I agree, I feel like one wouldn’t last as long as he was out there

[@IfhesK]

They spend too much energy.

[@TwoKhant]

this MIGHT be DIO

[@hyperactive4893]

He took over Jonathan's body

[@insidiosity]

Nah I had to scroll way too far to find this reference

[@v0_yage]

He might just be

[@alexbryda]

dudes real life Tom Hanky honks

[@ccc822007]

water water everywhere but not a drop to drink.

[@KindaHappy15]

Thank you for spreading Jose’s story

[@goodboy02network90]

If I was in Ezequiel’s position, I would’ve made my friend promise the opposite, since I wouldn’t need my body anymore at that point.

[@StaticIsJustOkAtGames]

you gotta remember that they were hoping land was close, and that if he died his body could still be dragged back to land for his family. most likely-

[@dangerousdays2052]

I would tell him he ain't allowed to eat my dongus though.

[@EEsmalls]

​@@dangerousdays2052omfg 😂

[@nietur]

you gotta remember they were Christian

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

​@@nieturSo were the Donner party, Jamestown, and plenty of other desperate people driven to cannibalism...

[@UnleashedTraining101]

A movie was kinda made about it. But it was so loosely based on the concept they didn’t have to pay him. The life of pi took its inspiration from this event.

[@karl6683]

Wait so... did he speak to Ezekiels family like he said he would? I'd assume they obviously got the horrible news anyways but idk, i wanna know if he did.

[@baeber]

yeah I want to know about that too

[@EthanLudlow]

There's actually a good book about this called '400 days at sea' - I read it a few months ago and recommend it!

[@sawdustcrypto3987]

That Ezekiel was pretty selfish to make him promise not to eat his body. I would have made my friend promise me that he WOULD eat me and LIIIIVE!!

[@TB-wi3sq]

Why should he eat a rotting corpse when he was able to feed two people by catching food with his bare hands?

[@RyDaCol]

This story really saddened me 😢

[@daveatkins3568]

Rescued in January, back to fishing in February. That’s rough. 💯

[@Drewcardello]

Him: an experienced sailor Also him: no flares, no ores, no pump, no waterproof electronics in 2012

[@gasmaskz]

Also extremely poor and using innapropriate equipment because of it, and yes 2012, even worse

[@plousia]

*oars

[@Fabiziiii]

Just found youre chanel and i have to say you have a talent for telling stories.

[@mattl3023]

The length of his beard alone should have served to verify his story. By measuring his beard after reaching land and thereafter calclating how fast his beard grows, it could be determined that he hadn't shaved for 438 days. He obviously didn't pack a razor for a one day fishing trip.😅

[@sek3234]

the fact that if he didn't dump the gasoline then he may have been able to fix the engine with fishing line and get back to land 💀

[@thomaszanzal7846]

I bet every time he sits down for a meal, he does not ever take it for granted. I bet when ever he drinks a glass of water, he does not take it for granted. I bet every time he drinks and eats anything, he thanks the almighty lord.

[@yaboijardo2319]

I would be so mad about throwing out the poles in the storm id never recover

[@CronoCruxified-BDP]

Could you imagine someone running up on this guy and tossing a bucket of water into his face. Instant PTSD, and immediate flash backs of the boat, and begins questioning reality as if the rescue was all his imagination. Yikes

[@kayray7598]

It’s crazy there was no storms that knocked him out of the cooler for good

[@MetalGearDavid98]

I read about this guy way back and he is an absolute badass and fortunate to make it back alive. I think the hardest part prolly was retaining his mental sanity out there in the deep blue with no one to talk to.

[@xXCasta21Xx]

They found plastic bottles out in the ocean, which helped them survive. One of the most isolated places on earth and they found plastic bottles. We’re doomed. 😢

[@Roland6733]

Well yes But you know there are giant trash islands on the oceans Also, this was al the way back in 2012-2014 WE'RE DOOMED, THAT WAS OVER 10 YEARS AGO

[@helmiyoussef3741]

They says they find seabirds too it’s strange catching a fish by hand …

[@blakecrosby5123]

Why? Is the plastic bottles going to rise up,form a army and attack us?

[@davidwilliams7552]

Nature has now evolved a bacteria that eats plastic. Plastic like everything else is also part of nature

[@haydenzzz9997]

@@blakecrosby5123nah just contaminate all water with microplastics no big deal

[@wanderingyeehaw]

Close enough, welcome back, Dio Brando 🙏